{"data":{"id":"us-mt/30-9a-605","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"30-9A-605","heading":"Unknown debtor or secondary obligor.","body":"(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a secured party does not owe a duty based on its status as secured party:\n(a) to a person that is a debtor or obligor, unless the secured party knows:\n(i) that the person is a debtor or obligor;\n(ii) the identity of the person; and\n(iii) how to communicate with the person; or\n(b) to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against the person unless the secured party knows:\n(i) that a person is a debtor; and\n(ii) the identity of the person.\n(2) A secured party owes a duty based on its status as a secured party to a person if, at the time the secured party obtains control of collateral that is a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible or at the time the security interest attaches to the collateral, whichever is later:\n(a) the person is a debtor or obligor; and\n(b) the secured party knows that the information in subsection (1)(a)(i), (1)(a)(ii), or (1)(a)(iii) relating to the person is not provided by the collateral, a record attached to or logically associated with the collateral, or the system in which the collateral is recorded.","path":["TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE","CHAPTER 9A. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE SECURED TRANSACTIONS","Part 6. Default"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0300/chapter_009A/part_0060/section_0050/0300-009A-0060-0050.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:51:16Z","sha256":"f7d761f399ca411fd596adb2bba25d7f3cbf3c4b55d14b6df121e7b139207d27","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/30-9a-604","next":"us-mt/30-9a-606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}